The Energy Innovation Center
Where energy innovations become real-world solutions, building a dependable energy future for Oregon and beyond.
Powering a
Dependable
Energy
Future
The EiC convenes research expertise, industry partners and workforce development to accelerate how energy powers our economy and daily lives. By advancing technologies, testing real‑world applications and preparing new talent, the EiC moves solutions from concept to reality.
Bound for the Innovation District at OSU-Cascades
The EiC demonstrates the high‑impact, research‑driven collaboration the future Innovation District is designed to foster. The center moves into the heart of the district in 2029, joining a campus‑adjacent ecosystem purpose‑built to bring industry leaders, academic researchers and emerging talent together to accelerate real‑world solutions.
Your Key Asset: Oregon State
Through OSU’s Economic Development and Industry Relations team, Advanced Technologies and Manufacturing Institute, Advantage accelerator program and College of Engineering, EiC partners access a suite of services—from expert intellectual property protection and licensing support to professional training. These resources help reduce risk, accelerate timelines and strengthen pathways to commercialization.
Bound for the Innovation District at OSU-Cascades
The EiC demonstrates the high‑impact, research‑driven collaboration the future Innovation District is designed to foster. The center moves into the heart of the district in 2029, joining a campus‑adjacent ecosystem purpose‑built to bring industry leaders, academic researchers and emerging talent together to accelerate real‑world solutions.
Your Key Asset: Oregon State
Through OSU’s Economic Development and Industry Relations team, Advanced Technologies and Manufacturing Institute, Advantage accelerator program and College of Engineering, EiC partners access a suite of services—from expert intellectual property protection and licensing support to professional training. These resources help reduce risk, accelerate timelines and strengthen pathways to commercialization.
Bold Ideas Ahead
The vision for the 24-acre Innovation District was born a decade ago from a community vision for Oregon's newest public university campus. Today, emerging from a landfill once used by timber mills – is a sustainability-forward hub for solution-driven entrepreneurs and academic experts. The first eight-acre phase is ready for partnership and vertical development.
The Power of OSU
Great ideas accelerate when you collaborate with a top-tier, Carnegie‑designated research university and an APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity institution. OSU experts work across industries to connect cutting‑edge research with real‑world needs and create partnerships that benefit students, entrepreneurs, our region, our state — and society.